Why China walls tall against India’s ban on Masood Azhar? Among other things, does China equate man in Bahawalpur to Dalai Lama ?

The Great Wall of China prevented India’s attack on Maulana Masood Azhar again. China blocked a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) committee to blacklist dreaded terrorist and leader of Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) Masood Azhar for a fourth consecutive time on Wednesday.

China’s continuous posturing in favour of Maulana Masood Azhar once again allows Pakistan to support terror outfits on its turf. But the question is why?

The simple answer to the question is that CPEC the Chinese corridor which passes through Khyber Pakhthunkhwa is near Balakot where India carried out airstrikes. Protecting Masood internationally means China can be assured that its assets in Pakistan operating the China Pakistan Economic Corridor CPEC will remain unharmed by the Maulana Masood Azhar and other such fundamentalists.

China which has invested in CPEC in order to reach the Gwadar port at the Arabian Sea gives China access to African and West Asian countries at the same time it can forego India.

Also, the relationship between India and China has been edgy post-Doklam stand-off between the two countries.

Another important reason China is holding a grudge against India is asylum to Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama in 1959, after China occupied Tibet in 1950. “For the Chinese, the Dalai Lama is sort of the equivalent of (Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorist group leader) Hafeez Saeed for India,” an Indian diplomat who was posted in Beijing was quoted as saying by an Indian media report.

Pakistan is currently placed on the ‘grey list’ of international terror financing watchdog Financial Action Task Force (FATF) for failing to comply with anti-money laundering and terrorist financing regulations.

The country has been scrambling in recent months to avoid being blacklisted by FATF. Once blacklisted, it will further hurt its struggling economy. Despite the state of affairs, the country’s leadership continue to shelter extremist elements on its home soil.

The proposal to list the Mumbai-attack mastermind under the 1267 Al Qaeda Sanctions Committee of the UNSC was moved by France, with the support of the UK and the US on February 27. The move came days after the February 14 Pulwama terror attack carried out by JeM that claimed the lives of 40 jawans.

“1267 Sanctions Committee, upon completion of the no-objection period on 13 March 2019, was not able to come to a decision on the proposal for listing Mohammed Masood Azhar Alvi under the UN Sanctions regime, on account of a member placing the proposal on hold,” the Ministry of External Affairs said in a release on Wednesday.

“We are disappointed by this outcome,” said New Delhi. “This has prevented action by the international community to designate the leader of Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), a proscribed and active terrorist organization which has claimed responsibility for the terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir on 14 February 2019.”

India added it is “grateful for the efforts of the Member States who moved the designation proposal and the unprecedented number of all other Security Council members as well as non-members who joined as co-sponsors.”

“We will continue to pursue all available avenues to ensure that terrorist leaders who are involved in heinous attacks on our citizens are brought to justice.”

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